Digital tomosynthesis of the chest: Comparison of patient exposure dose and image quality between standard default setting and low dose setting

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 525-531

  Hwang, Hye Sun ^b   Chung, Myung Jin ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Radiation dose; Tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DOSE DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; LUNG NODULE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEFAULT DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 84877955129     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.3.525     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Dobbins JT 3rd, Godfrey DJ. Digital x-ray tomosynthesis: current state of the art and clinical potential. Phys Med Biol 2003; 48: R65-R106
2. Vikgren J, Zachrisson S, Svalkvist A, Johnsson AA, Boijsen M, Flinck A, et al. Comparison of chest tomosynthesis and chest radiography for detection of pulmonary nodules: human observer study of clinical cases. Radiology 2008; 249: 1034-1041
3. Brenner DJ, Hall EJ. Computed tomography--an increasing source of radiation exposure. N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 2277-2284
4. Hall EJ, Brenner DJ. Cancer risks from diagnostic radiology. Br J Radiol 2008; 81: 362-378
5. McCollough CH, Primak AN, Braun N, Kofler J, Yu L, Christner J. Strategies for reducing radiation dose in CT. Radiol Clin North Am 2009; 47: 27-40
6. The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP publication 103. Ann ICRP 2007; 37: 1-332
7. Dobbins JT, McAdams HP, Song JW, Li CM, Godfrey DJ, DeLong DM, et al. Digital tomosynthesis of the chest for lung nodule detection: interim sensitivity results from an ongoing NIH-sponsored trial. Med Phys 2008; 35: 2554-2557
8. Quaia E, Baratella E, Cioffi V, Bregant P, Cernic S, Cuttin R, et al. The value of digital tomosynthesis in the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary lesions on chest radiography: analysis of diagnostic accuracy and confidence. Acad Radiol 2010; 17: 1267-1274
9. Sabol JM. A Monte Carlo estimation of effective dose in chest tomosynthesis. Med Phys 2009; 36: 5480-5487
10. Båth M, Svalkvist A, von Wrangel A, Rismyhr-Olsson H, Cederblad A. Effective dose to patients from chest examinations with tomosynthesis. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2010; 139: 153-158
11. Svalkvist A, Båth M. Simulation of dose reduction in tomosynthesis. Med Phys 2010; 37: 258-269
12. Hamer OW, Sirlin CB, Strotzer M, Borisch I, Zorger N, Feuerbach S, et al. Chest radiography with a flat-panel detector: image quality with dose reduction after copper filtration. Radiology 2005; 237: 691-700
13. Dobbins JT 3rd, Samei E, Chotas HG, Warp RJ, Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, et al. Chest radiography: optimization of X-ray spectrum for cesium iodide-amorphous silicon flat-panel detector. Radiology 2003; 226: 221-230
14. MacMahon H, Austin JH, Gamsu G, Herold CJ, Jett JR, Naidich DP, et al. Guidelines for management of small pulmonary nodules detected on CT scans: a statement from the Fleischner Society. Radiology 2005; 237: 395-400
15. National Lung Screening Trial Research Team, Aberle DR, Adams AM, Berg CD, Black WC, Clapp JD, et al. Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening. N Engl J Med 2011; 365: 395-409
16. Dobbins JT 3rd, McAdams HP. Chest tomosynthesis: technical principles and clinical update. Eur J Radiol 2009; 72: 244-251
17. Carmichael JHE, Maccia C, Moores BM, Oestmann JW, Schibilla H, Teunen D, et al. EUR 16260-European Guidelines on Quality Criteria for Diagnostic Radiographic Images. Brussels: European Communities, 1996
18. Kim EY, Chung MJ, Lee HY, Koh WJ, Jung HN, Lee KS. Pulmonary mycobacterial disease: diagnostic performance of low-dose digital tomosynthesis as compared with chest radiography. Radiology 2010; 257: 269-277
19. Kim EY, Chung MJ, Choe YH, Lee KS. Digital tomosynthesis for aortic arch calcification evaluation: performance comparison with chest radiography with CT as the reference standard. Acta Radiol 2012; 53: 17-22
20. Yoo JY, Chung MJ, Choi B, Jung HN, Koo JH, Bae YA, et al. Digital tomosynthesis for PNS evaluation: comparisons of patient exposure and image quality with plain radiography. Korean J Radiol 2012; 13: 136-143